1815-1860

Johnson, Woodson, fl. 1820-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Advertisement for land in Rockingham county]

GLC09302.010

1815-1860

Autograph document

Title: Names for Males

GLC09302.011

10 December 1855

Watkin, Lah S., fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woodson Johnson

upset over twelve pairs of shoes that the author made for Mr. Johnson. he was supposed to receive ten dollars and only received nine

GLC09302.012

1815-1860

Johnson, William J., 1815-1860

Autograph document signed

Title: [practice writing capitals]

GLC09302.013

22 July 1854 - 4 July 1855

Johnson, Woodson, fl. 1820-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Hogansweek meetinghouse newsletter]

record of nominations, baptisms, and schedule

GLC09302.014

17 September 1807 - 8 June 1840

Thomas, Jesse B., fl. 1807

Printed document

Title: [Various proceedings from the house of representatives]

including extracts from the laws of the Indiana territory, and the journal of the senate in Ohio.

GLC09302.015

1 October 1869

Deursen, P. Van, fl. 1869

Printed document

Title: [circular noting the interest stockholders are required to pay]

includes a statement of R.G Johnson's account.

GLC09302.016

5 July 1857

Johnston, Co., 1857-?

Autograph note signed

Title: [note containing balance due on R.G Johnson's account]

GLC09302.017

1815-1860

Autograph document

Title: "Warden Lane"

Includes several figures, adding, subtracting and division.

GLC09302.018

17 December 1861

Autograph document

Title: [note promising to pay E.W Johnson Administrators]

GLC09302.019

5 September 1853

Meddy, Joseph, 1853-?

Autograph document

Title: [tobacco figures for Joseph Meddy]

GLC09302.020

12 December 1858

Johnson, G.W., 1858-?

Autograph document signed

Title: [G.W Johnson promises to pay rent]

GLC09302.021

January 15, 1855

Boyce, W., fl. 1855

Printed document

Title: Speech: The Annexation of Cuba

GLC09302.022

21 April 1855

Martin, Andrew, 1855-?

Autograph document signed

Title: [a commitee is formed for the task of choosing a pastor]

GLC09302.023

1815-1860

Autograph document

Title: [Hogans Creek Meeting House Newsletter]

GLC09302.024

1815-1860

Printed document

Title: [Outline of the Greatest Work Published on the Chinese Sugar Cane]

Description of nine chapters including description, methods of syrup making, cultivation and other products derived from the plant.

GLC09302.025

13 July 1864

Johnson, Jugirtha, 1864-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Raleigh Johnson

expresses sympathy toward wife's illness, discusses family issues.

GLC09302.026

2 July 1827

Johnson, Rawley, fl. 1827-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woodson Johnson

Mentions that he needs Edwin to go to Danville to collect a draft of money for him.

GLC09302.027

24 July 1852 - October 1852

Autograph document

Title: [church schedule]

GLC09302.028

December 27, 1774

Knowles, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay Graham

She writes of their gentle friendship. She describes the whooping cough sickness and recovery of her son. She notes Catharine Macaulay Graham's response to "maladministration" and yearns for liberty and peace. She refers to recent political events in England. A partial draft response by Catharine Macaulay Graham is included on the back page, and expresses a harsh response to Quaker sympathies.

GLC01794.37

circa 1892

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to His Excellency The Governor, and To the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts

Losses in the country due to forest fires affect the political economy as well as national wealth. Fireproof buildings of brick and mortar should be the rule rather than the exception. Deforestation should be regulated.

GLC00687.189

1884

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Editor

Following the earlier political counsel of Abraham Lincoln, he recognizes the infirm qualities of presidential candidate James G. Blaine due to fraud and violence, and favors Grover Cleveland as U.S. President.

GLC00687.192

1885-1905

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Politics in the Pulpit

Because the pulpit is the center of ethics, politics should be openly discussed, a practice not often used in the U.S. He uses examples of the poor pay of coal miners, partisan ring rule, and historical political preacher/leaders of the Revolution. "The pulpit is the pivot on which our national life is turning."

GLC00687.195

1865-1905

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph manuscript

Title: Sunday Railway & Str. Travel or traffic

He discusses the secular and ethical nature of the topic that Sunday traffic does not pay. He includes the testimonies of various railroad men who agree that working on Sunday is reckless and not economically profitable. He uses historical, literary, and political proponents of the Sabbath, including Lincoln and Webster. "The Sabbath is the great bulwark to protect both our financial and our political economic interests."

GLC00687.199

September 24, 1863

Kalbfus, Paul, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

He has spoken four times from the same stump as Governor Curtin, at a time of great excitement now that Curtin has won reelection. He is tired due to traveling and speaking, but proud of the victory of the "Stars" over the "Copperheads."

GLC00687.239